Vietnam Veterans of America - New Jersey State Council
559 West Ninth Street
Roselle, NJ 07203-2450
Phone: 908-803-1671
Fax: 908-298-1588
Service Officer
Margaret Wojciechowicz
20 Washington Place, Room 437
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973-297-3227
Last Update: 10/17/2022
Vets’ Benefits Updates - Under Contruction
23 August 2020 — VA's eBenefits Brings Online Convenience To Your VA Benefits
18 Aug 2020 – Vietnam Veterans of America Scholarship Reimbursement Form
For vets needing help to live independently at home. I've had suggestions about making the brochure more appropriate for a national distribution and hope you'll be kind to send this update to your correspondence. I've given your readers a link to a basic YouTube introduction to the program, and all it takes is getting in touch with your local VAMC social worker or VA primary care provider.
Finally, here's a short list of situations where veterans are candidates for VDC:
Veterans are determined program eligible when one or more of the following conditions is met:Three or more activities of daily living (ADL) dependenciesSignificant cognitive impairmentReceiving hospice servicesTwo ADL dependencies and two or more of the following:
a. Three or more instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) dependencies
b. Recently discharged from a nursing facility
c. 75 years old or greater
d. Three hospitalizations or 12 outpatient clinics or emergency evaluations
e. Clinically depressed
f. Lives aloneMight not meet any specific criteria but clinically determined by the local VAMC to need services
Use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill by the National Guard and Reserves
Department of Defense Expanding Access to Military Commissaries, Exchanges and Recreation Facilities
June 17, 2019 – A5609 legislation that increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000 was introduced and reported favorably by the Assembly Budget Committee. Identical Bill 3960 was introduced in the Senate and referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. It was reported favorably, 2nd reading. I anticipate these bills being voted on the 20th.
Reforming Veterans Benefits Will Be Controversial, But Necessary
Trump extends Veterans Day celebrations through all of November
Hold Me Tight® Workshop for Couples for Veterans and Their Partners at Steven A. Cohen Military Family Center NYU Langone Health
Dates: August 17-18 2018, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Free Workshop, refreshments providedThis FREE workshop is for couples who want to strengthen their relationship and communication skills, decrease conflict, and connect in a more effective and powerful way. The workshop will teach skills the couples can take home once they leave the workshop. The workshop is based on the Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples – a Gold Standard of couples therapy. The workshop emphasizes privacy and confidentiality and includes presentations, guided couple exercises, video clips of couple interactions, and group discussion. Participants do not need to speak in the group if they do not wish to. Assistant counselors are available for support. To sign up for the workshop please call 646-754-4743 or email: MilitaryFamilyClinic@nyumc.org